Printed cotton fabric



Qct. 28, 1924. 1,513,306

w. J. BAXTER PRINTED COTTON FABRIC Filed April 2, 1924 him/,-

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Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. BAX'I'ER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PRINTED COTTON FABRIC.

Application filed April 2, 1924. Serial in. 703,711.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. BAXTER,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printed Cotton Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to printed cotton fabrics, the printing being so effected as to give the fabric the appearance of flannel having threads of a contrasting color, preferably a delicate or soft contrast, woven therein, such for example as a French flannel for use as shirtings or the like. In such flannels some of the filling threads, diiferent in shade from the warp threads, appear at intervals on the surface of the goods to give the appearance of faint rather indeterminate lines or streaks. I have discovered that the appearance of such flannel may be simulated by cotton, particularly soft finished cotton fabric, which is so vprinted upon as to provide a ground of a'desired tone upon which,

' or in which, are printed streaks of a somewhat darker shade extending quite irregularly in the same general direction, of varying lengths and widths, these streaks being so printedas to be soft and somewhatblurred or indeterminate in appearance. These streaks are preferably printed as broken irregular lines or groupings of dots.

Preferably the whole fabric is so printed as to provide very fine dots of the same color all over the same to form a ground color or tone, the streaks being formed of dots printed in the same color, but spaced more closely together. With this arrangement the streaks will blend into and harmonize with the ground or backing, some of the streaks more or less fading away at intervals and again appearing further along, the general appearance being that of the woven flannel of the character referred to. The fabric or material portions thereof so printed to simulate the appearance of flannel, may, if desired, have an overprint of any desired pattern made thereon.

The invention consists in the novel features of the article hereinafter described as illustrating the preferred form of the invention, and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. The object of the invention is the provision of a printed cotton fabric of the character referred to. Further objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear in the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which shows, by way of example, thepresent preferred embodiment of the inventlon.

Referring to the drawing, the figure represents a plan view of a piece of printed fabric made in accordance with the invention,-

In accordance with the invention the cotton fabric 1 is so printed as to provide a ground or backing 2 of a desired tone or color over and through which extend the streaks or streaky zones 3 of a somewhat darker shade of the same color. In the preferred form of the invention the printed ground is formed entirely of dots and the streaks are also formed of dots which are more closely spaced together than are the dots which provide the color for the ound or backing. The printing being ormed 7 upon whitish or grayish fabric, such as unbleached cotton, the ground will be somewhat lighter in tone than the streaks because of the larger proportionate area of the fabric which is not coveredwith color.

The fabric may be printed effectively by the use of a printing roller suitably engraved to provide the desired pointed or stippled surface with the irregular series, lines or zones of more closely spaced oints arranged to print the streaks, as stated.

It will be noted that the streaks are irregular in direction and outline, but that the same extend all in the same general direction. They are of varying widths and lengths, some of them giving the appearance of rather fine lines'andcthers the appear-1 ance of lines, zones or streaks of greater width, but ofa soft and somewhat blurred appearance, these latter lines or streaks being formed of groupings of dots so arranged as to give the desired appearance. Some of the streaks also are more or less broken so that they fade away at certain points and aggiln appear further along-u on the fabric.

fabric, these dots appearing irregularlyat intervals all over the print. These dots are,

preferably in ad ition to the streaks, a number of small spots or points of course, formed. by printing surfaces slightly larger in area than those which print the ground proper of the print and add to the desired efi'ect. v

The best results are obtained, as stated,

-cotton', preferably wholly or partly un-- bleached, in which case the appearance of the article is very similar to that of a good 65 grade of woven flannel, such as *French flannel suitable for shirtings, etc. lit-will be understood that the fabric is printed with a single desired color, the streaks 3 and the dots or points 4 appearing as a slightly 1t) darker shade of the same color as the ground a 2. The printed cotton fabric so formed may in appearance flannel having threads of contrasting color woven therein, the fabric be used as it is, or it may have an overprint of any desired pattern preferably subsequently formed thereon, in which case the w underprint is still efiecti've to give the fabric the desired appearance of flannel.

It should be understood that the inven- ,tion is not limited strictly tothe exact details which have been particularly described,

at the breadth of the invention being indicated by the accompanying claims in which I aim to cover all modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a cotton fabric printed to resemble in appearance 1 flannel having threads of contrasting color woven therein, the fabric having its surface printed over with finedots of the same color ac to form a ground, with streaks of a somewhat darker shade extendingthereover, said streaks extending irregularly in the same general direction, and being of varying lengths and widths, and soft and somewhat 35 blurred in appearance.

' 2. As a new article of manufacture, a soft finish cotton fabric printed to resemble in appearance flannel having threads of naiseoe fine dots of the same color to form a ground,

and with streaks of a somewhat darker shade formed of dots of the same color spaced more closely together,'said streaks extending irregularlyin the same-general direction, and being of varying widths, and soft and somewhat blurredin-appearance.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a soft finish gray cotton fabric printed to resemble having-its surface printed over with fine dots of the same color to form a ground, and with streaks 'of a somewhat darker shade formed of dots of the same color spaced more closely together, said streaks extend- I ing irregularly in the same general direction, and being of varying widths, lengths and shades to produce a soft blurred appearance. n 4:. As a new article ofmanufacture, a not fully bleached soft finish cotton fabric printed to resemble in appearance French flannel of the character used for shirtings and having threads of, contrasting color woven therein, the fabric having its surface printed over with fine dots to give a soft ground tone, and with streaks of a somewhat darker shade extending thereover, said streaks extending irregularly in the same general direction and being of .Varying widths and soft and somewhat blurred in appearance.v v I In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification.

7 WVILLIIAM J. BAXTER. 

